I announced at our Press Conference at Flam winery Wednesday afternoon that Israeli Wine Direct is challenging the best United States wineries to a friendly tasting challenge in 2008, also the 60th anniversary of the (re)birth of Israel.
It’s time to re-orient the wine world back to the birthplace of wine.
Does the US wine market produce [...]

Our second podcast is an interview with Israeli wine critic and writer Daniel Rogov.
In addition to hosting a popular online food and wine forum, Rogov is the author of an annual guide to Israeli wines where he has catalogued the reemerging Israeli wine scene.

 

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If you have not yet picked up a copy of Rogov’s Guide to Israeli Wines 2008, do so immediately!
I have yet to see it in many of the Chicago bookstores, but grab yourself a copy off of Amazon.
I’ll save fuller comments and observations for a bit later.
But meanwhile, if you have any interest at all [...]

The following interview was originally posted Feb 22. It’s filled with many insights into the Israeli wine scene from leading Israeli food and wine critic Daniel Rogov. I wanted to revive it here for readers who may have missed it. Enjoy!
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I was truly blown away with our interview with Daniel Rogov, Israel’s most influential wine [...]

If you can’t tell yet, I think the world of Israeli wine and food critic Daniel Rogov. Go read our interview with him if you haven’t yet done so - the man is a walking wine & food encyclopedia and a gentleman, too.
Take a look at his Top 50 Kosher Wines in the World [...]

I am pleased to announce our first interviewee in the promised Israeli Wine Interview Series!!
I have not seen anything else like this series on the Web.
The series will allow our readers to interact with the people who make, market, and comment on these great wines.
Daniel Rogov is Israel’s pre-eminent wine critic, known internationally as the [...]